Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
This Order Shall Be Obevea !,

When General burnside commanded
tho Department of the Ohio he sa dets'
mined to prevent, 20 far as his ir,s.' ;rs;.
diction extended, the giving of aid 4,; sas
comfort to the enemy by persons l;raua au
in the North and Border states 1s nSss
were constantly engaged in giving Inv ~
formation of the plans Of the Cover.
ment by means of secret mails wh;sh
they established and carried on. H.
therefore issued, on April l3, 1869 b;'
General Order, Nc. 3s," which h.. h
came SO famous through the arrest and
banishment, under its provisions =,
Clement l.. Nal'andigham, the cels.
brated Ohioan, who SO frequently a..
claimed with great vehemence against
the Government and so boldly deSeS
its power. The effect OF this order va.
soon felt in Kentucky. The conclud.
ing portions of it show the force with
which it applied there, and the pecul.
lar duties imposed on the Union troom
stationed therein.
at must be distinctly understoods
the order read, "that treason. or.
pressed or implied, will not be tolera.
ted in this department.
"All officers and soldiers are strictly
charged with the execution OF this OF.
der"
The people of Kentucky were most
unfortunately situated. Instances were
numerous where the same family fur.
nished men for both armies. The or.
der was very sweeping in its designs.
tions of those who fell under It's pro.
Wis ,ons, and it became the daily duty
of the "officers and soldiers" stationed
in that State to serve notices on the
suspects" to move into the rebel lines
This duty was painful one. In many
cases it seemed to work especial hard.
ship. 1t had most tranquilizing Of.
feet, however, and was of the greatest
Importance in encouraging the civil
authorities in their efforts to keep the
citizens true to their allegiance to the
Government, and in upholding the
hands of those who remained stanch
all through the war. The writer was
commissioned to serve notice, under
this famous order, on the wife Of a
rebel Colonel, and it led him into an
"out-of- -the-way place." and brought
him in contact with one Of
Kentucky's large-headed, brainy men,.
One bright summer afternoon,
riding out from Lexington, Ky, on the
Limestone street pike, ride OF three
or four miles-it may have been fur
ther-brought the writer to large
estate; it could hardly be called farm;
it rather answered to what we imagine
the country seat OF English lords. A
neat pcrter's lodge on the road marked
the entrance to the grounds. The
drive then wound around through q
most beautiful wood for-well, it seemed
half mile before the great mansion
WAS reached. Here, surrounded by all
the marks of comfort and plenty, lived
the well-known Rev. Robert Jefferson
Breckenridge, d. D., firm friend o.
the Union. He was at this time about
sixty-three years of age, and somewhat
stopped in figure. Evidently greatly
addicted to snuff-taking, as on hi
upper lip and down over his beart
were the marke of recent indulgence
in the habit. Bare-heeded, with hi
hair pushed about as though plowed
through by his fingers, he was pacing
up and down the broad piazza in front
of his home. It is needless to say thai
the writer felt the great delicacy of hi
mission. DIR. Breckenridge was 81
prominent man, SO strong in his jus
tice of the Union cause, and, above all
SO good and wise man that it seem!
an unusually harsh measure tt
put relative of his under the ban
The leader of the Old School Presby
terian Church, former President o
j efferson College, the principal author
of the common-school system of Ken
lucky, in favor of the manumission o
slaves, and an avowed Unionist, wal
scarcely the man to @give any comfor
to the enemy Unfortunately he hat
a daughter who was the wife of maj
who, at the time, served in the Confed
crate army as a Colonel. This lad.
was then living at her fathers, and til,
powers that be" decided that to har
Dor the wife of Confederate office
was an offense under order No. 3S
and so the daughter must 60 Th'
venerable doctor read over the notice
carefully, after politely requesting it
bearer to be seated, and as its impor
impressed itself upon him, the line
about his mouth hardened, and hi
countenance became grim and stern
as he said: "This order shall b.
And it waa.
A Remarks bic Career.
General John B. Turchin is one o
the notable men Of the war, and ha
had q carear of extranrdinary yicissi